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Public-private potato breeding partnership for smallholder farmers enters second phase
May 14, 2022

Public-private potato breeding partnership for smallholder farmers enters second phase

The International Potato Center (CIP), the globally active Dutch seed potato company HZPC, and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA) announce the launch of a second, five-year phase of their partnership
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Time to permanently retire fields with potato wart, P.E.I. legislative committee says
May 09, 2022

Time to permanently retire fields with potato wart, a Prince Edward Island legislative committee says

Fields, where potato wart has been found, should be taken permanently out of any type of agricultural production, a P.E.I. legislative committee is recommending.
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Peak of the Market Ltd. Charts New Future
May 02, 2022

Peak of the Market Ltd. Charts New Future

Manitoba, Canada Producer organisation Peak of the Market Ltd. is announcing a new direction: with the recent changes in legislation, Peak of the Market has been re-established as a for-profit company and will now be known as Peak of the Market Ltd.
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Bolivia y Corea suscriben convenio para incentivar y fortalecer la producción de arroz y papa.
April 30, 2022

Bolivia y Corea suscriben convenio para incentivar y fortalecer la producción de arroz y papa

El Ministerio Boliviano de Desarrollo Rural y Tierras (MDRyT) y el Programa Coreano de Agricultura Internacional (KOPIA), de Corea del Sur, suscribieron este martes un convenio de cooperación por USD 1,6 millones.
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Perú: Nuevas variedades de papa beneficiarán a los agricultores, consumidores y al medio ambiente.
April 27, 2022

Perú: Nuevas variedades de papa beneficiarán a los agricultores, consumidores y al medio ambiente

Perú es el primer productor de papa de América Latina, con una producción de más de 5 millones de toneladas al año. Sin embargo, el país importó cerca de 10 millones de kilos de papas pre fritas solo en los primeros cuatro meses del 2020.
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Yara establishes Potato Incubator Farm in Washington to study Crop Nutrition. synergy and Carbon Footprint Reduction
April 27, 2022

Yara establishes Potato Incubator Farm in Washington to study Crop Nutrition synergy and Carbon Footprint Reduction

Yara has recently established a new Incubator Farm, aimed at exploring how a complete potato crop nutrition program that drives productivity and grower profitability can simultaneously lead to a reduced carbon footprint.
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Potatoes USA Elects 2022 - 2023 Leadership
April 24, 2022

Potatoes USA Elects 2022 - 2023 Leadership

Potatoes USA, the marketing and promotion board for the potato industry in the United States, elected new leadership during its Annual Meeting on March 9, 2022. The newly elected Chairman and Executive Committee will lead the Board through 2022-2023.
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Black Gold Farms welcomes Mark Knight as Chief Operating Officer
April 14, 2022

Black Gold Farms welcomes Mark Knight as Chief Operating Officer

Potato company Black Gold Farms appoints Mark Knight as Chief Operating Officer to its executive team
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Honduras: Inspeccionan cultivos de papa afectadas por palomillas en Intibucá.
April 13, 2022

Honduras: Inspeccionan cultivos de papa afectadas por palomillas en Intibucá

Técnicos del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad e Inocuidad Agroalimentaria (SENASA) y de la Dirección de Ciencia y Tecnología (DICTA), de la Secretaría de Agricultura y Ganadería (SAG), realizaron visita de campo e inspección en plantaciones de papa.
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Conveagro advierte que la Producción de alimentos caerá cerca de 40 por ciento por falta de fertilizantes.
April 13, 2022

Perú: Conveagro advierte que la Producción de alimentos caerá cerca de 40 por ciento por falta de fertilizantes

La Conveagro advierte que no habrá la cantidad necesaria de cultivos de arroz, papa, maíz hortalizas, verduras y legumbres por falta de fertilizantes.
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Argentina: Analizan los resultados del programa de cultivo de papas en Alvear
April 06, 2022

Argentina: Analizan los resultados del programa de cultivo de papas en Alvear

Personal del INTA y de la Dirección de Agricultura de General Alvear visitaron la finca de Ariel Moreno, ubicada en calle 19 y O, dado que comenzó con las labores propias de cosecha, correspondientes al programa piloto de cultivo de papa en zona Cuyo.
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N-Drip’s gravity-powered micro-irrigation system applied for potato cultivation (Courtesy: N-Drip)
March 20, 2022

PepsiCo and N-Drip partner to provide water-saving, crop-enhancing benefits to farmers around the world

Around the world, a countless number of farmers make use of flood or trench, irrigation to bring water to their crops, which floods the field at regular intervals, losing up to 70 percent of the water used.
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Campesinos de Boyacá, Colombia advierten posible desabastecimiento de papa.
February 23, 2022

Campesinos de Boyacá, Colombia advierten posible desabastecimiento de papa

Por la crisis provocada en el mercado, los elevados costos de los insumos, y la falta de reacción del gobierno nacional habría cada día mayor escasez.
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Los precios de la Papa no se estabilizar por completo durante este año en Colombia.
February 17, 2022

Los precios de la Papa no se estabilizar por completo durante este año en Colombia

Alza de costos de fertilizantes y plaguicidas, sumado al rezago de la siembra que se trae de 2021 serían algunas de las razones. Si bien todos los alimentos sufrieron un alza generalizada en los precios, como lo mostró el último reporte de inflación del Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (Dane).
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WPVGA Honors Paul Miller with Hall of Fame Induction
February 15, 2022

WPVGA Honors Paul Miller with Hall of Fame Induction

Paul Miller of Paul Miller Farms, Inc., Hancock, was inducted into the Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association Hall of Fame at the industry’s annual awards banquet held February 9, 2022, in Stevens Point.
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WPVGA Presents Annual Industry Awards
February 15, 2022

WPVGA Presents Annual Industry Awards

In addition to its annual Hall of Fame induction, the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association (WPVGA) presented several other annual Industry Awards
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WPVGA presents new boards of directors
February 15, 2022

WPVGA presents new board of directors

The Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers Association's board of directors will have a new president for the coming year.
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Chile: Fortalecen manejo agronómico del cultivo de papas nativas de colores en Los Ríos.
February 03, 2022

Chile: Fortalecen manejo agronómico del cultivo de papas nativas de colores en Los Ríos

Distintos temas fueron presentados en charlas técnicas en la Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Austral (EEAA).
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